Heated Tanks

[richardr]

This year is our 3rd winter in the Escape. We take anti-freeze precautions when the temperature gets into the 20sF. We have not camped in extremely cold weather. The worst was 4 days below freezing with temperatures mostly in the 20sF.

We turn on the tank heaters. However I've not been able to tell if the heaters actually turn on.
We put about 3/4 a gallon of pink antifreeze in the black tank after dumping and 1/4 gallon in the gray tank to reduce freezing at the dump valves.
At night we open the lower cabinet doors and turn on the hot water heater. We travel with our furnace set at 50 degrees, which is also our night time temperature.
I fill the fresh water tank instead of using the external water connection.

I installed oak wood furnace grates on the face of the dinette seats and below the bed to allow heat from the trailer into those spaces.

We have hypervent installed below our mattress and dinette seats. We installed foam pool noodles behind the dinette seat backs and around the mattress outside walls.
We have the double pane frameless windows, and get some moisture on the windows, but none on the walls. I leave the vent slightly open with the vent fan off.

[cpaharley2008]

Originally Posted by richardr

This year is our 3rd winter in the Escape. We take anti-freeze precautions when the temperature gets into the 20sF. We have not camped in extremely cold weather. The worst was 4 days below freezing with temperatures mostly in the 20sF.

We turn on the tank heaters. However I've not been able to tell if the heaters actually turn on.
We put about 3/4 a gallon of pink antifreeze in the black tank after dumping and 1/4 gallon in the gray tank to reduce freezing at the dump valves.
At night we open the lower cabinet doors and turn on the hot water heater. We travel with our furnace set at 50 degrees, which is also our night time temperature.
I fill the fresh water tank instead of using the external water connection.

I installed oak wood furnace grates on the face of the dinette seats and below the bed to allow heat from the trailer into those spaces.

We have hypervent installed below our mattress and dinette seats. We installed foam pool noodles behind the dinette seat backs and around the mattress outside walls.
We have the double pane frameless windows, and get some moisture on the windows, but none on the walls. I leave the vent slightly open with the vent fan off.

Seems like you have done everything you can and it works. The tank heaters some on at 30 and off at 40. Do you have the foam underneath also?

[richardr]

Originally Posted by cpaharley2008

Seems like you have done everything you can and it works. The tank heaters some on at 30 and off at 40. Do you have the foam underneath also?

Yes we do have the foam underneath.